DATE=8/15/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-237132
TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S-UPDATE)
BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE TALEBAN MOVEMENT SAYS IT HAS CAPTURED SEVERAL
DISTRICTS IN A NORTHEASTERN PROVINCE THAT HAS LONG BEEN HELD BY
THE OPPOSITION. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN REPORTS FROM
ISLAMABAD.
TEXT: THE AFGHAN ISLAMIC PRESS QUOTES TALEBAN SOURCES AS SAYING
THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT HAS CAPTURED SIX DISTRICTS IN BADAKSHAN
PROVINCE. THE AGENCY SAYS THERE WAS A POPULAR UPRISING AGAINST
OPPOSITION FORCES AND TALEBAN FIGHTERS THEN SEIZED THE AREAS.
EARLIER THE AGENCY REPORTED THAT TALEBAN FORCES HAD CAPTURED
DOSHI TOWN IN BAGHLAN PROVINCE. DOSHI IS ON THE MAIN ROAD HEADING
NORTH FROM KABUL.
THERE IS NO INDEPENDENT CONFIRMATION. TALEBAN FORCES SWEPT
THROUGH THE NORTH THIS WEEK CAPTURING MAZAR-I-SHARIF THE REGIONAL
CAPITAL, AND LATER TAKING SEVERAL TOWNS THAT WERE VITAL SUPPLY
POINTS FOR THE OPPOSITION.
TALEBAN FORCES NOW HOLD MOST OF THE COUNTRY WITH THE OPPOSITION
CONFINED TO A SECTION OF THE NORTHEAST AND THE CENTRAL PROVINCE
OF BAMIAN. (SIGNED)
NEB/DAB/JO
15-Aug-98 11:18 AM EDT (1518 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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